Links

Vintage pens

Parts and tools for repair and restoration

• UK
  • The Pendragons (I used them for almost all my supplies until Brexit…)
  • Custom Pen Parts
  • The Writing Desk
  • Vintage Fountain Pens
• EU
  • Nib repair at FPnibs.com
  • https://www.penboard.de/shop/
  • https://www.martiniauctions.com
• USA
  • Five Star Pens (Parts for vintage pens)
  • Jake’s Pens (Parts for vintage pens)
  • VintagePens.com
  • PenTooling.com
  • Pendemonium.com
  • lbepen.com

Restorers and customisers

• Classic Fountain Pens:  John Mottishaw’s site with pens for sale and nib customisation
• Greg Minuskin: Nib re-tipping and repairs
• www.vintagemontblancpens.com
• Goldfinkberlin
• http://thenibshaper.com (Japan)

Pen makers

Supplies

• Canada
  • Lee Valley
• Denmark
  • Nativewood (Importer of Australian woods)
  • FT Timber
  • Linaa (lathes, pen kits, and blanks)
  • Grønning Hårdt Træ
  • Træ Drejer Butikken (lathes, pen kits, and blanks)
  • Hermann’s Web Butik (pipe-making supplies, including ebonite)
  • Ravstedhus (jewellery-making supplies and tools)
  • Læderiet
• UK
  • Beaufort Ink (Bock nib assemblies)
  • Luxury Wood Pens
  • Pen Crafts (also spare parts such as individual nibs, feeders and housings)
  • Pen Kits Direct (A good source for acrylic blanks)
  • Pen Kits UK
  • Stiles and Bates
  • Taylors Mirfield
  • The Turner’s Workshop (a good selection of blanks, including acrylics and polyesters)
  • UK Pen Kits (Resin blanks)
• Germany
  • Cropp Timber in Hamburg has an incredible selection of exotic woods
  • Ebonite Arts
  • Edelholzverkauf
  • Feines Holz (An excellent selection of blanks)
  • Pfeifenecke (pipe-making supplies, including ebonite)
  • Starbond-Europa (Bock nibs and tools)
• Spain
  • Nibs from FPnibs (including custom nib engraving)
• USA
  • American Art Plastics
  • Exotic Blanks
  • Exotic Wood
  • Fountain Pen Revolution (loose nibs and feeders)
  • The Golden Nib (metal equivalents of pen kits)
  • John Neal Bookseller
  • Penn State Industries (a wide selection of pen kits)
  • PenKits.biz
  • PTownSubbie (pen blanks and casting molds)
  • Rosetta (JoWo and Schmidt nibs)
  • Silver Pen Parts
  • Woodturningz
• Australia
  • Timberbits
  • Just Write

Components manufacturers

Nib manufacturers

• Peter Bock
  • Beaufort Ink (UK)
  • FPnibs (Spain)
  • Starbond-Europa (Germany)
• Jowo
  • FPnibs (Spain)
• Schmidt
  • FPnibs (Spain)
  • Schmidt Pen Parts (UK)

Repair advice and instructions

• Nib
  • Adjusting ink flow
  • Alignment
  • Polishing
• Disassembly
  • Parker 45
  • Lamy 2000
• Other repair information
  • Making a cork gasket for a piston filler
• General info
  • How a push-button filler mechanism works
  • Types of filling systems

Other makers of custom pens

• Bruno Corsini
• Henry Simpole
• Scriptorium Pens
• Newton Pens
• Gimena Pens
• Desiderata Pen Company: Fountain pens using dip pen nibs
• Ken Cavers Custom Pens
• RomulusPens (or this page)

 Fora, Reviewers, and Bloggers

• Patricia Lovett: Calligrapher
• Bespoke Strokes Calligraphy
• Calligraphy Nut
• Flounder’s MindThots
• Fountain Pen Love
• Fountain Pen Network
• Gourmet Pens
• The Lefty Scribbles
• Leigh Reyes
• Mountain of Ink
• Pen Addict
• Pen Economics
• Pen Habit
• Penspotters (saved on the Wayback Machine)
• SBREBrown
• Scribalishess
• Vintage Pens Blog